Job Description

At Gentherm, we say, “It’s about the person.” We’re with you on a cold winter day when you turn on your heated seat and steering wheel or helping manage patient body temperature in the operating room, recovering room or intensive care units. We take a human approach with everything we do.

As the global leader in thermal management technologies we embrace the opportunity to create and deliver extraordinary thermal solutions that make meaningful differences in everyday life. We do this by improving health, wellness, comfort and energy efficiency.

We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and combine that with our global leadership to deliver results. Working at Gentherm provides you the opportunity to not only shape the future of the automotive and medical industries, but also influence your career throughout the company. You will be engaged, challenged and inspired by our team to deliver leading thermal technologies that positively impact lives around the world.

ADVANCED QUALITY ENGINEER

IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITY

As an Advanced Quality Engineer, you ensure product quality from development to production launch, playing a key role in preventing defects and meeting customer expectations. This position offers the opportunity to work cross functionally, influence early design decisions, and grow within a global automotive environment, using advanced quality tools and standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Active participation in the APQP, gate review and TFC meetings during the projects.
• Active personal presence as a member of the APQP team during prototype and pre-series production.
• Active participation in DFMEAs, PFMEAs and SFMEAs.
• Active participation in feasibility studies.
• Active participation in prototype installation at the customer and/or supplier days.
• Assessment of possible defects based on real production data or statistical analyses.
• Ensuring full communication with the customer in quality issues until serial production start.
• Reviewing the measurement results and capability tests of prototypes and pre-series products together with the APQP team and initiating and following up corrective measures in case of deviations.
• Preparation of prototype and pre-launch control plans, serial and safe launch plans in accordance with the deadline according to APQP.
• Defining requalification requirements for products.
• Active participation in the preparation of DV/PV test plans, reviewing their results together with the APQP team and initiating and following up corrective measures in case of deviations.
• Active participation in establishing internal SC/CC characteristics.
• Ensuring that each and every control step during APQP is defined for the given measurements and is carried out with suitable tools.
• Handling complaints received in connection with prototypes and pre-serial parts and, if necessary, preparing 8D reports.
• Ensuring that corrective measures resulting from internal problems or complaints are included in the guidelines for new developments.
• Realization of Gentherm and customer quality requirements on the finished product in a way that raw material requirements are in line with the above in cooperation with SQE and data are recorded on raw material data sheets.
• Active participation in project audits as an auditor, in the case of one's own project as an auditee.
• Participation in customer audits / internal audits locally.
• Preparation of unique, customer-specified documents for prototype deliveries.
• Preparation of PPAP documentation for prototype, pre-series and serial products in accordance with customer requirements.
• Creation IMDS data sheet and submission to the customer.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or quality-related field.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• 1–3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Solid understanding of automotive standards and quality processes (e.g., APQP, PPAP).
• Certified internal auditor for IATF 16949.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• German Language knowledge is an advantage.
• Experience in a Multinational Environment and/or Automotive Industry is a plus.

Gentherm is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age.

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